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Thu, 25 May 2017 04:28:42 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.5The GOOD News for Women in Business on Wageshttp://www.shebytes.com/the-good-news-for-women-in-business/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-good-news-for-women-in-business
http://www.shebytes.com/the-good-news-for-women-in-business/#respondThu, 18 Aug 2011 09:00:54 +0000http://www.shebytes.com/?p=3360There’s news for all business women… and it’s good! But let’s deal with the “bad news” first: with wages, women earn less than men…

The graph below makes this almost too clear. Across the board, women who do the same jobs as men, can expect to receive a smaller paycheck at the end of the week.

But this doesn’t mean that there isn’t a brighter side to the story!

In order for us to really recognize the “good news”, let’s first gain some perspective on women in the workplace:

According to the CollegeTimes, “In 1900, fewer than 20% of women participated in the labor market”

Now let’s reflect on this for a moment…

A little over a hundred years ago, if you met a woman on the street, there would be a less than one in five chance she had any type of job!

Today, things are pretty different.

Although there is clearly still a large wage differential between men and women, there are definitely positive indicators that women are taking charge:

“95% of family financial decisions are made by women”

How exciting is that?!

And here’s my personal favorite:

“Women in business will invest $44.5 billion in high tech products this year”

Even if I wasn’t a major techie, I would find this stat to be really encouraging.

Now, women not only play a major monetary role in the workforce, and the home, but also hold the reins of technology’s tomorrow.